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Definition of final cause in English:

final cause

noun

The purpose or aim of an action or the end towards which a thing naturally develops.

‘The four aspects are the formal cause, the material cause, the efficient cause, and the final cause.’

‘It cannot be the final cause since a final cause perfects a thing, but does not establish it in being, which is what the agent intellect does for the soul.’

‘Which means that Aristotle identified final causes with formal causes as far as living organisms are concerned.’

‘He does not attribute intentions to animals and plants, nor does he suppose that the final causes of their activities are what they themselves purpose.’

‘Particularly at issue in the exegesis of Darwin's text was whether he considered natural selection to be an efficient cause, a final cause, a result of other causes, or a simple description of the working of several independent factors.’